Jonathan Parks Fader

OBITUARIES

Jonathan Parks Fader died suddenly, after a long and
defiant struggle with AIDS, on the day his beloved Democratic Party re-took
control of the United States Congress. Born in Framingham and brought home to
Boxford, both in Massachusetts, Jonathan was raised in Winthrop, Maine.

He graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. in
1985. Following a brief stint working at Addison Wesley, Jonathan moved to San
Francisco in 1986. He worked for many years and in many marketing capacities at
Apple Computer, during which time he also earned his MBA at San Jose State
University. Jonathan helped fuel the dot-com boom as Vice President of
Marketing at DigitalThink until 2001, when he retired to focus on real estate
development.

In 1989, Jonathan learned that he was HIV-positive, which
began a journey of personal growth and discovery, a journey that was
inspirational to all those who knew and loved him. Jonathan volunteered and
then served on the board of directors for many years at Under One Roof, and was
also a rider in the California AIDS Rides and the AIDS LifeCycles.

Jonathan is survived by an amazing network of loving
friends; his life partner Robert Pï¿½rez of Sonoma, Calif.; his mother Doris
Fader of Wells, Maine; a brother, Steven Fader, and sisters Sherryl Franciose
and Amy Levasseur, also of Maine; beloved nieces and nephews Rachel, Danielle,
Zachary, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jakob, Kristin and Andrew; and his two Jane Russell
terriers, Jackson and Shelby. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests
that donations be sent in Jonathanï¿½s honor to Under One Roof (www.underoneroof.org).

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